Islamophobia: Panel in NY on Persecution of Women and Girls in Middle East

by Anna Borshchevskaya On  October 29, 2013,  UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion  Heiner Bielefeldt   will present his annual report  to  the United Nations.  On the heels of this event, The Venn Institute, Jubilee Campaign, International Christian Response, and International Christian Voice co-sponsored a panel discussion in New York City on October 28, The Persecution…

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Sit on the U.N. Security Council?

On October 17, Saudi Arabia was elected by the United Nations General Assembly to a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council. The next day, Riyadh made a stunning announcement: It was declining the seat, because of the council’s longstanding “inability to perform its duties and responsibilities” due to “the manner, mechanisms of action and double…

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